Seneca Valley Academic Games Team Sweeps Regional Competition

The Academic Games teams from and dominated the regional Academic Games Presidents Tournament held Nov. 4 at the  

Together, the two schools captured the top five places and all but one of the top individual awards, the school district said in a statement. A total of 13 Seneca Valley students qualified for the national competition scheduled to be held in April at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling, WV.

Students also participated in the Game of Presidents, which requires students to identify U.S. presidents from a series of clues.

Seneca Valley winners are:

First-Place Team (Haine MS)

• Rachel Winterhalter
• Shannon Pfeiffer
• Sydney Goepfert
• Joe Palaski
• Sarah Donnelly

Second-Place Team (Haine MS)

• Nic Andreassi
• Nate Desing
• Sarah Donaldson
• Matthew Ehret
• Alex Dixon

Third-Place Team (Evans City MS)

• Zach Gehm
• Kyle Geiger
• Ian Gazdacko
• Zane Salsbury
• Max Moore

Fourth-Place Team (Evans City MS)

• Miya Paserba
• Anna Althouse
• Caleb Cekella
• Brandon Garzez
• Morgan Hoffman

Fifth-Place Team (Evans City MS)

• Henry von Rintelen
• Bryce Corrigan
• Alex Hepler
• Carter Moriarity
• Jeremy O'Connor

Seneca Valley National Qualifiers in Presidents

• Caleb Cekella (Evans City)
• Henry von Rintelen (Evans City)
• Jeremy O'Connor (Evans City)
• Zane Salsbury (Evans City)
• Alex Garcia (Haine)
• Matt Ehret (Haine)
• Sarah Donnelly (Haine)
• Nic Andreassi (Haine)
• Nate Desing (Haine)
• Lucy Geronime (SVMS)
• Natalie McKinley (SVMS)
• Laura Byko (senior high)
• Dhruv Kohli (senior high)

Tri-Bowl Qualifiers in Presidents

• Sydney Goepfert (Haine)
• Rachel Winterhalter (Haine)
• Shannon Pfeiffer (Haine)
• Joe Palaski (Haine)